Little Green Footballs

Monday, November 19, 2007

Charles Johnson decided to post another "Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid" item, this time from Tucson, AZ. The problem is, there's no problem at all. The report about Iraqis possibly sneaking into this country to attack a military base in Sierra Vista is 6 months old AND the FBI issued the following disclaimer:

"There is no information to state this is a credible threat. We remind people to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to their local authorities."

up to now, there was no single real threat from iraqis, but still iraqis under constant suspicion , thanks to all this exaggerated reporting. and they tell you the media, well blogs also create stir and scares. at least media will refrain after receiving many complaints, opposite to blogs.

Can you imagine the uproar at LGF if Charles suddenly started posting things like, "how can we best solve the problem of terrorism without alienating every single Muslim on the face of the planet?"

a BETTER question would be how can the MUSLIMS solve the problem of terrorism within their ranks. I dont see how WE (if you mean the west or non-muslims) can solve it, at best we can decide how we want to respond to it.

No, the West can decide what to do about the terrorists (Tim McVeighs and Michigan militias, not to mention militarists and those who bomb villages to get one person) and religious supremacists within their own ranks - and stop pretending that they are the upholders of a liberal tradition going back to the Greeks when they can't even uphold human rights in Gitmo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, where they are more powerful - never mind their behaviors in countries where they aren't.

Wasn't Cheney a long-time supporter of the South African regime? Has Bush jr. ever spoken out against Israeli oppression of Palestinians through settlements and torture? What about Pakistan, has any member of the White House taken a clear stance against oppression and dictatorship, as Bush promised in his 2004 speech - 'We will stand up for anyone who supports democracy...'

This kind of 'appeasement of our own' belies any message to the muslim world of supporting democracy and human rights - and gives effective support to tyrannical regimes around the world. When the West compares itself to Syria and Saudi, and says 'We're not as bad as they are' it only helps those regimes, by setting the ethical bar so low as to make dictatorships the moral bar beyond which one is 'moral' - a disgusting propaganda practice...

HMMM,the FBI should say yeah thers a threat ......that would be counter productive ....Once the liberal media and blogs like this got ahold of the story .....all comments approved ....How PC of you !there is ALWAYS 2 sides to an argument Keep up the groupthink ! alaskan hero !